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Best Review - Top 8 of fun facts about the planets in our Solar System

t the center of our Solar System is the Sun. There are eight planets which move around it (there used to be nine until scientists decided that Pluto should no longer be considered a planet). The planets travel around the Sun in paths that are roughly (though not quite) circular and are kept from flying off into space by the Sun's gravitational field. Starting with the planet that is nearest to the Sun and moving outwards, the planets' names are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Most of the planets have moons orbiting them, and some, such as Saturn, have rings around them.

Mercury is one of the most interesting planets in the Solar System. You can view it without a telescope (just!). The planet has been known about for a long time, but it wasn't until recently that we really got to understand what the planet was like.

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